JOHN FRENCH
tells the story
In a picture
(LOSING DAY
pletore to round of the Groom School shown the kind of
clothes that English women always buy- but these have an .extra alp that Eng-
often lish women misk.
The girl in the photograph wears a It is a classic mult. typical tweed-but there a zip in. the colour-biscuit
brown
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it to a conventional culbut there is zip
in the extra-straight
kirt and in the way
the the stripes are rut on the crois
below the pockets.
The ultim the toen point of the
patit. So shr nears
Ja with accessories that are smart bal strictly subsidiary,
The hal-small. round. Happy coloured. and felt. The scarf malch Chiffon. Thr bocs-plaisent dark brown courts
Thr
gloves-hort, ned
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1953.
WEEK-END WOMANSENSE
GROOM SCHOOL SUMS UP
The four paths that
lead to elegance
LL the lessons of elegance that yto into the grooming of the well - dressed Englishwomen are summed up today.
With the Groom Course Aashback pictures above to remind you, let us consider...
HER FACE
HE Englishwoman's capital
purations will keep it that way. Plan your make-up to suit your colouring, and then plan your clothes to suit both.
If you look your best in light
English colours--and
many women do-then try to and FOTRO original tones; aqun marine instead of powder blue; shocking pink instead of straw berry pink.
HER HAIR
THE ENGLISH hair
TREAT FUR COATS WITH CARE
By ELEANOR ROSS
AT the first cold snap out and pull it up slightly to come all the fur coats avoid any atrain on the back what seams. It is wise not to new, last year's or
fur as remain seated with a some women refer to
for any length of "heirloom jobs," Then, too, coat on
a fur coat is THE big gift, time.
n
woman is
Women car drivers must
and many studying the acts and leaving them strategically treat their fur coats with placed for the man of the
house to sec,
better than anyone else's be- chuse It is clearer, cleaner, and cooler.
And the minimum amount of money invested in beauty pre-
15 generally pretty, but it does not get so much care as it needs,
The best
regular washing, plus occasional recor ditioning treatment,
care is
MOUSE is the typical Eng-
SE|||||||||||||ish colour, but it is often prei-
POSTBAG
comes
TV, so don't try to change it.
Hair will sparkle so long as it is clean and healthy.
ROM the Groom School Most experts agree that the
to style casiest at postbag
look
after yourself is elther
very
sbort reader's appeal:for coarse hair) or A "Please give help about longish bob with curly
for fine hair). hair for grey-heads,"
Well-if grey hair makes
you feel drab-one answert
is tinting. This still means
HER DRESS
Agure
frequent listing, but there‡IN her
enda
the English- in a new product which cuts woman is
the one up on woman, but oh, down this process by half. Continental
she is so many down on tress This new tint has a four-ense. in-one appeal: it lightens According to the experts she the dull hairs...as its little too cautious about
She is much too keen on trimming, and not keen enough on line. Much too ready to ad and not quick to subtraci.
full- DO look at yourself
new length when you buy a hat. If you want to play uy the hat, play down the rest of DON'T fall for your outüt.
even the fussy trimmings smallest scrap of ribbon enough to give the width you need.
Eyecatcher
[UST one of the startling news-In-fashion -detalis spotted by artist ROBB in Italy. Robb was in Home to report, in words and ple- tures, the spring fashion dows.
* The idea above? Quite simple; Glittering sequin stars, stuck on the eyeild !
-London Express Service)
darkens the light hairs....trying new fashions-too lap Household Hints
as it brightens....as it re- happy
conditions.
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sories.
about buying ucces-
|
comes
Examine bath towels by I So don't spoil the cut of your holding them up to a bright Tinting is now
the as clothes with odd bits and pieces light. If
light fashion-wise as large pearls, is probably smarter as well through in uneven patches la- as cheaper NOT to buy that ca- stead of in even pin-points, the atoles, jellybags.
+tra scarf
thone bangles, or towel is not well woven and The Groom School consulted white shoes.
cannot be expected to wear expert-Mr Forsyth, off Phyllis Earle, hairdressers who Play up to the soft English long. The heavier a towel, the
with soft dress more absorbent it will be. In tinting. Said he colouring
Ishades. But try a sharp con
an
women.
"But for your grey-haired seldom reader....grey hair is
•
"
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specting
is becoming A trast when wearing dark Steaming will add new lustro fashion craze with smart young clothes it is much smarter to the surface of plie fabric
than all matching,
Spread upholstery.
damp Finally, you don't have to cloth over it and touch lightly choose between being smart or with a hot iron. A steaming positively pretty, whereas tini-sensible you can be both
hot towel or sloth applied to ed hair is. I don't suggest she
them
surface upholstery
also should tint her hair a bright
helps restore life to it. Steam young colour; it should be done
HER HAT
several times at 10-minute in- softly and subtly."
tervals, then brush with THE English woman's attitude whisk broom white the uphol-
to her hats crystallizes stery
When is sull damp, most of her dress faults.
the dry, brush thoroughly her hat to She wants
be fabric against the plic. pretty rather than chic. She wants it practical instead of gay. She would rather it was comfy—than glamorous,
And here Mr Forsyth reas- sured the timid: "You can al- ways change back to your old darker colour without having
can
or lighter roots. A skilled hair- dresser
stop tinting gradually, can alter the parting and the hairstyle so the change back is natural."
"Movie Stunt" To Help Handicapped
Champaign, III.
eight-mm. films. Each film
Two University of Illinois shows a boy speaking a extra care. If a long trip is teachers are using a school phrase and a girl repeating in prospect, it is a wise boy "movie" stunt to help it. move to wear a fabric coat persons who have speech The viewer can be crank- Fur is beautiful, flat in the car and make the difficulties.
ed at any speed, stopped or *tering,
fascinating and change at the end of the Prof. James C. Kelly and backed up easily. functional as well, that is, journey into one's fur coat. L. V. Peterson put together Kelly tried the device if it is good fur. Talk to an honest furrier and he If wearing a fur coata 20-page book about four with a group of 19 hard of will tell you that he would while driving, avoid sliding by five inches in size with a hearing children. Nine who rather see a customer select into the car from the other picture on each page. The were poorest at lip reading the same used the new hand movie; the finest let-out muskrat side, as friction between fur picture shows than poor mink, better a and car upholstery is de face, but with the mouth the others were given les by conventional to the fur, changed progressively as in sons superb squirrel than a poor trimental Peralan lamb.
especially to a fine pelt. saying some phrase such as methods. After half-hour the show," or daily lessons for five weeks, Often the entire back and "we saw
"thank you very much." the nine showed definite, For Long Service
seat of the fur will suffer.
When the pages are and some spectacular, im- After that fur coat is
if a fur coat has been ex flipped, the lips seem to provement, while the others home, treat it well and with posed to a heavy downpour, 50
showed little gain. care, have it properly ser- much so that the leather has move to form the words.
try any
The two educators also Kelly anys the flip book,
viced and it should give became wet, don't
homemade measures. Hustla have come up with a cheap, yet to be evaluated, scems
bo
long and good service. Some the coat off to your furrier and hand-held "peop show" to have the same teaching furs, of course, require his professional card will especially careful handling able to prevent any damage re-movie that uses a viewer values as the film.-United-
made commercially for Press. because of the delicacy of sulting from the moisture.
the leather, or the pelt it self.
But whatever the type or quality of the fur, do not stroke it. Instead, give the garment a vigorous shak- ing, holding the bottom up. After a good shaking and, if need be, an airing, the garment should be placed on a hanger. Hang fur pieces and scarfa by their metal or bone clasps.A When Bented, a woman phould open her fur” cont
SYRUP
JOANS COMUNIO
TODAY PLL MAKO JUNT A FEW SCONES FOR HER TO TRY
SCONES TO TRA
Silva 4023
FLOUR WITHER
A PINCH GR GALT
2 LEVEL THA SPOON CREAM
OF TARTAR AND YE LEVEL TEASPOON BICARBONATE
OR SODA
MIX TO A DOUGH WITH ABOUT YO PINT MILK MOXED WITH A TEASPOON BUGHTLY!! WARMED TREACLE
ROLL
DICH THICK
AND BAKE IN
A HOT OYEN
FOR 12-15 K.
JINUTES
A
CUTTING YOUR LOSSES
W
By Hazel Meyrick
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London.
Chestnut one day, marmalade-coloured
THILE Paris is busy signposting the the next, their hair wardrobe knows no direction fashion will take, it's a good limits. Steiner, that keen exponent of time to take a rest from haute couture the hair rinse, even includes shades like and look at yourself in the mirror. Try, strawberry and lavender in his collection. turning your losses into profits, for a To give mousy hair the Midas touch, have change by making the best of your bad it styled in a poodle cut, then brush over features, insead of your good ones, the tips with a bleach to give them a
golden glint.
However much they may grumble, It used to be the rule to hide greying lucky are the owners of mouse-coloured hair by dycing it. Now with every cul- hair. While blondes and brunettes must tivating blonde streaks it'a more dye to change their colour, the mousy fashionable to go one better and highlight haired can switch their tint to match grey patches by giving them a blue rinse their clothes by using hair rinses,
or even a pink one.
LEFT: Purple hóf-house leaves span a hair- style by Steiner, and the model's hair has been sprayed with misty Blac starmist, to match.
RIGHT: Mouse goes well with mink, and this coiffure by Steiner features a chignon The short front encirated by mink falls, hair is dressed in a "Lidal wave, sprayed with copper-leaf coloured starmist.
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It is high time somebody told red-heads they need not stay wedded to green and brown. Auburn looks wonderful with red. Not maroon or scarlet, but the flaming tomato red shown for travel coats at the London collections.
Red hair goes with pink too, but choose soft rose-pink, not the colour of tinned salmon, Titian-heads should never mix their metals. Copper-coloured bracelets and brooches go best with copper-coloured hair.
"Large, capable hands" is a phrase guaran- teed to make their possessor wince. But if you're blessed with big hands, feature them. Only you can wear those crazy cracker rings ---- giant chunks of frankly fako diamond, that look Top-heavy on spindly angers. Large bands can lake more than just a wedding-ring, so mako rings your favourite form of Jewellery and search for some unusual ones.
*
Large wrists love to wear chunky gilt bracelets, slave bangles of beaten silver. and bunches of antique charma,
Outsize ears? lucky you, because they'l take big ear-rings, giant boops of pewter look- ing like something from a Roman carnival, and showers of rhinestones, Miniature gilt Juga Alled with perfume are the latest craze in Lon- thele don, but they need large cars to carry, weight. Best of all on big care are Creole ear. rings, plain wido circles of gold, WOTI with a bright-colourdi jelly-bag cap.
Owners of swan-like necks often feel they've really more in common with glafes, can't find collars to fit them, and rely on scarves to breach the gap. But long nocks aro the only ones, that comfortably take low. placed chignon or hot that dips down at the back,
For sky-scraper necks only are sweaters with polo collars that submerge you almost to the ears, wide velvet chokers, and stiff, choir-boy collars. The Intest idea is to wear a dog-collar round your throat, complete with name-disc and spikes!
If your feet are "number nines like the fll- - --fated Clementine you should indulge in ex- ****rayogank shots. Harem slippers, for instance, with curled foes and bells on them, or sundals with epiky Jewelled heels, and shoes with straps over the instep, that make amalies feat' 'look stunted. Big feet can stride out in two-colour court shoes whose designs are wasted on smaller
dizes,
If your ankles can take their share of the limelight, focus attention on them with fancy heels and embroidered clocks, and don't furt stick to shades of brown. Patience will reward you with nylons in all colours of the rainbow. For the Coronation, some British nylon firma ars even embroidering the ankles of their stockings with jewelled crowns.
The penthouse hat has made its debut in London. It looks like a blancmange mould, sits. straight on the head and over-shadows the caro. It was devised by Ronald Paterson to go with his Spring colicetion.
The penthouse hat can be made in Straw or felt, and your best friends won't know, you in it, for it practically covers your eyes. You won't know your best friends elther — you'll spend your time looking down on the ground to see where you're going.
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